Towards a framework for the quantitative assessment of trawling impact on the seabed and benthic ecosystem

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 73, Issue , 2016, Pages i127-i138

  Rijnsdorp, A D ^a   Bastardie, F ^b   Bolam, S G ^c   Buhl Mortensen, L ^d   Eigaard, O R ^b   Hamon, K G ^a   Hiddink, J G ^e   Hintzen, N T ^a   Ivanovic A ^f   Kenny, A ^c   Laffargue, P ^g   Nielsen, J R ^b   O'Neill, F G ^h   Piet, G J ^a   Polet, H ⁱ   Sala, A ^j   Smith, C ^k   Van Denderen, P D ^a   Van Kooten, T ^a   Zengin, M ^l  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^f BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g IFREMER   (France)

^h MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

^j CNR   (Italy)

^k INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^l CENTRAL FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Turkey)

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Author keywords

benthos; biological traits; good environmental status; indicators; method; mobile gear; physical impacts

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; BENTHOS; BOTTOM TRAWLING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FISHING; FISHING GEAR; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEAFLOOR; VULNERABILITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 84960337523     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsv207     Document Type: Article

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